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Re: Java ME or SE?

From	Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer, comp.sys.raspberry-pi
Subject	Re: Java ME or SE?
Date	2014-11-10 21:15 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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On Tue, 11 Nov 2014 01:41:45 +1100, Gordon Levi wrote:

It was Python and I probably would have
> followed them if Guido van Rossum had not done exactly what Microsoft
> did to me with Visual Basic classic. They made all my VB programs
> obsolete. Van Rossum released Python 3 which is not backwards compatible
> with Python 2!
>
That's a main reason I don't use Python.

A modern C compiler can compile any C program that was written in the 
past, including those using the original K&R syntax. 

Same goes for Java compilers.

IIRC the same applies to Fortran compilers.

In view of this, it seems odd that Python can't or won't do the same.
I think this puts Python in the same retarded bracket as BASIC, COBOL, 
and RPG. All of these suffer from having source code that cannot 
guarantee to be be compiled by any compiler other than the one they were 
originally developed for.

-- 
martin@   | Martin Gregorie
gregorie. | Essex, UK
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Thread

Java ME or SE? Gordon Levi <gordon@address.invalid> - 2014-11-09 00:58 +1100
  Re: Java ME or SE? Knute Johnson <eternal@knutejohnson.com> - 2014-11-08 09:27 -0800
  Re: Java ME or SE? Doug McIntyre <merlyn@dork.geeks.org> - 2014-11-08 16:17 -0600
    Re: Java ME or SE? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2014-11-08 17:38 -0500
      Re: Java ME or SE? Gordon Levi <gordon@address.invalid> - 2014-11-09 15:51 +1100
  Re: Java ME or SE? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2014-11-08 17:42 -0500
  Re: Java ME or SE? Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2014-11-08 18:11 -0800
    Re: Java ME or SE? Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2014-11-09 11:51 +0000
    Re: Java ME or SE? Gordon Henderson <gordon+usenet@drogon.net> - 2014-11-09 12:36 +0000
      Re: Java ME or SE? alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2014-11-09 13:28 +0000
        Re: Java ME or SE? stephen@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2014-11-10 10:00 +0000
    Re: Java ME or SE? Gordon Levi <gordon@address.invalid> - 2014-11-11 01:41 +1100
      Re: Java ME or SE? cl@isbd.net - 2014-11-10 16:48 +0000
        [OT] Re: Java ME or SE? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2014-11-10 13:57 -0500
      Re: Java ME or SE? Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2014-11-10 21:15 +0000
        Re: Java ME or SE? Kees Theunissen <theuniss@rijnh.nl> - 2014-11-10 23:51 +0100
          Re: Java ME or SE? Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2014-11-11 00:37 +0000
            Re: Java ME or SE? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2014-11-10 20:11 -0500
              Re: Java ME or SE? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2014-11-10 20:45 -0500
          Re: Java ME or SE? Morten Reistad <first@last.name> - 2014-11-11 07:00 +0100
            Re: Java ME or SE? alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2014-11-11 09:46 +0000

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